Although flaws in public schools are well known in Mexico, they have perhaps never been as crisply cataloged as in "De Panzazo," a documentary that has been outdrawing Oscar-winning features since opening across the country in February. "De Panzazo …

MEXICO CITY – Do you know what happens in schools? That's the tag line of Mexico’s hottest new documentary, De Panzazo!—a sharply critical look at the country’s failing education system that hits theaters Friday. De Panzazo!, roughly translates to ...

Teenage students can't solve long-multiplication problems. This is the harsh reality of Mexico's education system, both public and private, as displayed in a new documentary titled "De Panzazo!" — roughly meaning "Barely passing." Directed by filmmaker ...

“It’s a reflection of the crisis that we’re in.” ‘De panzazo’ (scraping by) Mexico lost 2-1 to Costa Rica on Tuesday night in a sloppy match it needed to win in order to control its World Cup fate. But with Panama losing, Mexico will now play ...

A teacher protesting against education reform stands near a barricade at Mexico City's Zocalo square on Sept ... according to the makers of ¡De Panzazo!, a documentary critical of Mexican education and the teachers union. Perceptions of problems in ...

This is the harsh reality of Mexico's education system, both public and private, as displayed in a new documentary titled "De Panzazo!" — roughly meaning "Barely passing." Directed by filmmaker Juan Carlos Rulfo and journalist Carlos Loret de Mola ...

Yikes. Both ¡de Panzazo!'s claims and the American press's disdain for Mexico’s teachers show only one sliver of a complex, often misrepresented political context. Yes, there is documented evidence of rampant corruption as well as [certain] persistent ...

A withering documentary on the education crisis released in February, “De Panzazo” – “Barely Passing” – ponders why Mexico and South Korea took such divergent development paths. In 1984, the two nations were on a par, with annual per capita ...